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Ernest William Gibson Jr.

Senator from Vermont
SENATEREPUBLICAN1939–1941ID G000159
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Dems
of 30 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
60%with Dems
of 30 · both combined

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓1939
1939–4076th Congress
Sat as a Republican
60%with Democrats
of 30 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jan 2, 1941noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Nov 25, 1940H.R. 6324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6324), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
YEASided with the Republican majority
Nov 19, 1940S. 1681No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Oct 8, 1940noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Oct 2, 1940S. 162No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Sep 26, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Sep 25, 1940H.R. 960No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 76th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

1 Congresses
76th · 1939
Republican · Senate · VT76th–76th
Term datesexact
Members · Vermont
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Ernest William Gibson Jr.

Senator from Vermont
SENATER1939–19411 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
60%with Democrats
of 30 votes · 40% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested60%of 30 · combined

Career arc

10050019391939
1939–40 · 76th · Republican · of 30 votes60%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 30 contested votes scored in the 76th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

76th · 193976th · 1939
Republican76th–76th

Party switchers

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